Systematic Veterinary Virology

MILKERS NODULE AND PSEUDO COWPOX

• Pseudocowpox virus a parapoxvirus closely related to the viruses causing bovine papular stomatitis and sheep contagious ecthyma. Pseudocowpox is characterized by the formation of bright red papules, followed by vesicles, scabs, and nodules on the udder and teats of cows, within a course of several weeks. Although the disease spreads slowly the entire herd is eventually affected.